James Bond First Editions

The Saint Around The World.

CHARTERIS, Leslie (1907-1993).

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1957. [Mystery collection] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (18.5 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt, with pictorial dust jacket designed by Stead, priced at 12s 6d. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Fine, in a very good jacket with some chips and tears, rubbed to extremities. Becoming scarce. First British book-form edition comprising six short stories, most of which appeared in The Saint Detective Magazine, 1954-6. From a nudist colony on the Riviera, to a Sheik's harem, from a millionaire's private pleasure island to a dope kingpin's hideout -the Saint finds the right kind of action, and the wrong kind of women. Item #68026

BARER, Burl. The Saint in Print, Radio, Film & TV, p.396.

Price: £65.00